DTR COMMENTS ON THE INSPECTOR GENERAL S SURVEY OF THE CAREER TRAINING PROGRAM, DATED 24 APRIL 1967

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• Publication Date: May 3, 1967
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3 May 1967
DTR Comments on the Inspector General's Survey of the Career
Training Program, dated 214 April 1967
1. Page 4, paragraph Z. I disagree with the IG suggestion
that courses were added to the Clandestine Services Career Training
cycle in order to fill a predetermined period of two years. It is true
that DDP took the decision in early 1965 to lengthen and intensify the
span of training for Clandestine Services CTs with the objective of
producing more professional officers. Various blocks of instruction
were added on the basis of what was believed to be their intrinsic
merit and their contribution tothe production of well-rounded and
better trained intelligence officers; for example, China Operations
and Soviet Bloc Operations, and the two weeks of formal desk training.
The Managerial Grid was an effort at sensitivity training and was aimed
also at making the young officer not a manager but a more effective
member of a rather large government organization. We have already
cancelled out the Grid for the training of all CTs, including Support
CTs. Language training of from three to four months to reach
elementary skill or up to six months for intermediate skill is sub-
stantively necessary. The IG comment on a haphazard sequence of
courses ignores practical problems of scheduling, management of
faculty resources, and the need to bring the CT back to headquarters
at periodic intervals for family or other reasons.
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!erat conceptual a.E1>eci_:> of c''eUntc L'1 ur gcncy. 71hc DD1- w' Ci~1'?.',
to decide how much counterinsur Jency it wants and what mixtur( of
familiarization with PM skills, ii much of any mixture is recuired.
3. Page 5, paragraph 1. We ha-v _: the capability of reducing the
training cycle for Clandestine Services C T s to between nine and' ten
months. My present thinking would not lead to the reduction o__ train' _,--I
for the intelligence and Support Directorates from six months to four.
We may end up with about five months for each of the Directorates.
4. Page 16, Recommendation ,?2. With reference to subparagr;.
a. and I prefer to wait on further briefing from the OTR sff.
not certain at this time of the wisdom of subparagraph c. in ter -~s of
continuing the soundness and excellence of placement of CTs, earlie_-
c_~-.mended by the IG Report. do not feel very sure about sup: ara-
graph d. with respect to the career advancement of DDI and DDP CTs
during the early part of their service.
5. Page 20, Recommendation {r-3. OTR has no objection to includi:_,
recruiters in the Midcareer Executive Development Course. ;hey
should come out of the DDS quota if they are included.
6. Page 21, Recommendation ?:'4. Concur.
7. Page 22, Recommer:.dation #5. This seems to be more the
responsibility of the Director of Personnel, but we would be glad to
participate.
8. Page 23, Recommendation ;'6. We will provide the data reau..rte...
9. Page 31, Recommendation #10. Concur.
10. Page 33, paragraph 2. _ The IG suggests "placing more
reliance on the recruiter's :. view by the CT Staff rather than
waiting until the complete file of A&-E tests, etc. , are available.
Earlier, the IG points out thz field interviewer is -able to give
or_iJ about 1/2 hour to interviewing an applicant. I doubt whether
too much reliance should be placed on an assessment of this ,_ature.
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11.
Page 34, Recommend,`.~-_on #11.
Concur.
12.
Page 41, Reconi endtic.~ .1!13.
Concur.
13.
Page 4_7, Recommendation # 14.
Concur.
14.
Page =_8, Recommendh:, :ion 7;='15.
Concur.
15.
Page 51, Recom-naenda.tion #16.
Concur.
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Page 54, paragraph 4. I do not concur. Courses were not
added merely to fill a predetermined period of time. Course content
for Clandestine Services traine__IIes, including the SOC, has been
reviewed with the Clandestine Services 1aboriously and frequen-t.y
during the 3--1/2 years I have been with OTR and, I should imagine,
for many years preceding my assig_mnent. The course for DDS
C -I~s was established in complete conjunction with the DDS Training
Committee for CTs. Our Intel4gence School has been in frequent
consultation with DDI officers and DDI representative, 25X1A
was invited by and on the initiive of OTR to spend several months
reviewing Intelligence School pro-rams, a fact ignored by the report.
17. Page 62, Recommendation 7 I do not concur with the
recommendation that the presez.t nine-week training now consumed
by Introduction to Intelligence, Intelligence Techniques and Operation-
Z amiliarization be reduced to six weeks, or that the OFC be moved
to Headquarters.
18. Page 64, Recommendation 413. The Managerial Grid Course
has already been deleted for al CTs.
19. Page 66, Recomme d `=on T19. OTR will be glad to .ct
with the DDI and DDS&T to revae',,,% the objectives and doctrine o- nie
Intelligence Production Course, The time span of the course will
relate to the needs of the consumers and I cannot say at this tin:~_e
that: the curriculum would be reduced to six weeks.
20. Page 69, Recommend :.._ '=20. OTR would be art; ,.u: ly
pleased to have former CTs ass __.ed :;o
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nst_-uctors in operations as long as th(- CT in question has na
enough operational expo fence 'to c ua~ify as an instructor. For ;orne
tune, OTR has been promised in \vriting that DDP would provide
five midcarecr officers anliuall.y. Wc; viould welcome subparac-r.rah
of this recornnicndation.
21. Page 70, Recommendation 7'-21. OTR instituted this a_ proac-:
in_ January 1967.
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2=1. Page 78, Recomn -i" :ion This recommendation was
carried out by OTR in
25. Pa Ye 80, Recommer_ck